Teemu Selanne: What the Anaheim Ducks Can Expect from His 20th Season

The guy just never quits. Teemu Selanne is back for one more season with the Anaheim Ducks, and there's no question among anyone who's been paying attention the last few years that he has more than what it takes to contribute in a big way.

He might be single-handedly keeping the "rebuilding" label off of the Anaheim franchise. Besides that, it's just not Ducks hockey without Selanne on board.

So what can we expect from the Finnish Flash in his 20th season?

Perhaps he has slowed down a bit, and we shouldn't be counting on him to lead the Ducks in scoring again. However, there is still plenty that Teemu brings to the table.

Selanne Will Not Lead the Team in Scoring

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This isn't so much a reflection on the prediction that Selanne's point totals will decrease but rather that the totals of those around him will increase.

The fact of the matter is that 66 points should not be enough to lead a team in scoring—especially a team that includes the likes of Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Bobby Ryan. Heck, had it been a year earlier, Lubomir Visnovsky would have eclipsed Selanne's 66 points.

We can expect Selanne to be around the 40- or 50-point mark, with most of his work getting done on the power play. However, we should also expect a better showing from Getzlaf, Perry and Ryan in 2012-13.

A Better Supporting Cast and at Least a Few Playoff Games

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Expect Selanne to have a lot more help this year, as the Ducks should be a much better and more consistent team with a full year under the coaching of Bruce Boudreau.

Part of what made Selanne such a huge factor for the Ducks last year was the poor quality of play around him. Goodness, I remember watching some games where I felt like he was the only guy who showed up to play.

Boudreau seemed to put a stop to that, and as a result, Anaheim had a much better second half. If the Ducks perform as well as they did during that second-half surge for the entire 2012-13 season, we'll likely see Selanne in a few more playoff games before it's all said and done.